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Domestic freight transported in FY1977 amounted to 5,100 million tons,
up 2.0% over the preceding fiscal year, and 386,900 million ton-kilometers,
or a 3.6% increase over the preceding fiscal year. That is, the tonnage bottomed
out after four straight years of decline since FY1973, while ton-kilometers
continued to rise as in FY1976. (See
Table 3.)
By transportation mode, whereas transportation by railways was low, transportation
by motor vehicles and by domestic shipping regained. Though small in quantity,
air transport showed a high growth rate. Primary products and agricultural,
livestock, aquatic and forestry products were down from the level of the preceding
fiscal year, while mining outputs moved sideways. All these combined showed
a slight overall decline in domestic freight transport.
On the other hand, secondary products (metal and machinery industry products,
and light and miscellaneous industrial products) rose above the level of the
preceding fiscal year, but chemical industry products were down, making the
total secondary products slightly above that of the preceding fiscal year. (See
Table 4.) As regards the shares of ton-kilometers transported in FY1977
by mode, coastal shipping accounted for 52.3%, cars for business use for 20.7%,
and private motor vehicles for 16.3%, all showing an increase over the preceding
fiscal year; the share by railways dropped to 10.7% (10.5% by JNR).
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